RQ08855 Business Analyst

This role is ideal for someone who thrives in stakeholder collaboration, requirement elicitation, and data-driven solution design—especially within data warehousing and enterprise architecture environments.

Advantages
- Work with diverse internal and external stakeholders to deliver meaningful digital solutions
- Lead the analysis and design for complex business processes and data management initiatives
- Hybrid work environment with flexibility for collaboration and autonomy
- Opportunity to work on enterprise data warehouse and Azure-based platforms
- Contribute to AODA-compliant digital solutions

Responsibilities
- Provides a comprehensive range of I&IT business analysis services for clients with diverse business and technological needs.
- Interacts with the business stakeholders and subject matter experts in order to understand their requirements through gathering, documenting, and analyzing business needs and requirements.
- Prepares and advises on business analysis policies, processes, best practices and standards to promote a comprehensive and consistent business analysis practice within the organization.
- Leads and conducts business analysis in order to assess client’s business problems/opportunities and documents the business requirements in such a way that I&IT solutions can be determined.
- Applies re-engineering concepts to promote business improvements through alternative and cost-effective service delivery approaches.
- Leads and conducts business analysis at varying levels of detail appropriate to the project and phases of project, aligning with client's Unified Project Management Methodology, Enterprise Architecture and Gating Process, and client's Standard Systems Development Methodologies.
- Develops strategies, prepares business cases and cost-benefit analysis, and conducts feasibility studies for business I&IT initiatives Develops sound processes for requirements gathering including but not limited to JAD sessions, interviews, mockups, etc.
- Conducts business modeling; use case modeling; conceptual and logical data modeling; process and data flow modeling; use case surveys; business rules definition and non-functional requirements definitions for assigned projects.
- Monitors progress, resolves problems and reports regularly to I&IT management and stakeholders.
- Develops performance measures and traceability matrices for business analysis evaluation and conducts follow-up.

Qualifications
Must Haves:
- Experienced in requirement elicitation, documentation, gap analysis, evaluation of alternative solutions, user interation/experience design (UI/UX) and making recommendations.
- Experience facilitating sessions with a diverse audience for requirements discovery and analysis using a variety of methodologies (e.g. Agile/Waterfall/Hybrid).
- Experience in writing user stories in Azure DevOps.
- Knowledge of enterprise architectural concepts and processes, specifically in the area of business architecture for data warehouses, marts, lakes (in Azure platform).

Nice to Have:
- Knowledge of front end, web-based technologies and data-mining/reporting-based COTS tools (e.g. IBM Curam) encompassing feasibility studies, requirements definition, analysis, prototyping, system design, implementation, testing and maintenance.

General Skills:
- Experience conducting requirements gathering, developing documentation, including presentations and briefing notes and conducting stakeholder engagement.
- Experience in the use of Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools to document conceptual requirements and scope.
- Awareness of emerging I&IT trends and technologies.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills; verbal and written communication skills; interpersonal and negotiation skills.
- A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines.

Desirable Skills:
- Experience in the use of information retrieval packages.
- Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies and practices.
- Ability to translate business and data requirements into specifications sufficient for designing appropriate technology solutions.
- Experience with a wide range of methods, tools and techniques for business analysis, such as business functional modelling, business event modelling, and business process mapping.
- Experience in structured, object-oriented and agile methodologies for user requirements.
- Experience developing performance measures for business analysis evaluation and subsequent follow-up Knowledge and understanding of - Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards.

Summary
This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to digital modernization through structured analysis, business engagement, and technical collaboration. You’ll play a critical role in shaping data-driven solutions that are scalable, inclusive, and aligned with strategic business objectives.

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